More than 100 million people around the world are using e-cigarettes, according to "alarming" estimates from the World Health Organisation, with almost 15 million teenagers believed to vape.

In its report - the health body's first ever tracking of the use of vapes and other electronic smoking devices - the WHO said that figure includes at least 86 million adults, mostly from high-income countries.

But the report said 14.7 million of the total believed to use e-cigarettes were reportedly children aged between 13 and 15 years old.

It added that vaping's prevalence among teens globally was 7.2%. In contrast, while around 20.4 million adolescents reported smoking cigarettes, it had a prevalence of 5.1%.

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The report's authors added that, based on available data

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